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🇮🇳India acing the game of Cyber Diplomacy


👉The emergence of cyberspace has led to various new opportunities and challenges for mankind. The world is undergoing massive changes in multiple domains as the fourth industrial revolution unfolds and sophisticated technology, such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and quantum technology, among others, is put to use. Cyber Diplomacy is one such outcome of this ongoing rapid digitalization process. Countries are gradually implementing policies and taking initiatives to safeguard their interests within the cyber domain. New collaborations, partnerships, and agreements are coming up, with countries, leaving no stone unturned in their efforts to reap the benefits of cyberspace.

🔵Cyber Diplomacy is still a new concept for countries and can be defined as the use of diplomatic tools and initiatives to achieve a state’s national interest in cyberspace. India has well established itself as a country with a solid technology base and is actively taking part in digital and cyber issues at the international level and in multilateral forums. The Cyber Diplomacy (CD) Division of the Ministry of External Affairs is a specialised division dealing with international cyber governance issues. Additionally, the division is engaged with countries in bilateral, regional, and multilateral forums, including the United Nations.

🇮🇳India strongly believes in a multi-stakeholder model of cyber governance and has been engaging in activities with the private sector, civil society, and academia to shape and strategize cyber policy. Last year, India held various cyber dialogues with various countries, including Japan, Germany, Australia, and the USA, among others. In addition, in the last few years, India has raised its voice in tackling threats posed by cybercrimes and cyberterrorism on various international platforms. The country has also promoted cyber security by setting up Centres of Excellence and Institutes of Technology in various countries.  

🅾️India as the Chair of Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI)

🇮🇳In October 2022, India assumed the Chair of the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI), an international initiative aimed at the responsible and human-centric development of Artificial Intelligence (AI). The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (Emerging Technologies Division) is the nodal entity from India and participates in GPAI proceedings.

🔵GPAI was launched in June 2020 and is a multi-stakeholder initiative bringing together leading experts from science, industry, civil society, international organisations, and government. Together, they aim to bridge the gap between theory and practice in AI. Presently, it comprises 29 international partners. India was elected for the Incoming Council Chair Seat and will serve as the Incoming Chair in 2023, and subsequently as the Lead Chair in 2024 and the Outgoing Chair in 2025 (3-year mandate).

🔵India leveraging the power of its Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI)

👉The country’s Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) is one of the greatest masterpieces of ‘New India’. Innovations like UPI, DigiYatra, DigiLocker, and Aadhar, among others, are turning out to be the greatest digital public tools for citizens. 🇮🇳Moreover, one can gauge the impact of the Unified Payment Interface (UPI) by the fact that it has crossed eight billion transactions per month.

🅾️Earlier this year, the linking of India’s UPI and Singapore’s PayNow started a new era of cooperation between the two countries. Further, various countries have already partnered with India and others have expressed their interest to accept UPI and RuPay in one form or the other. Undoubtedly, India’s digital goods (UPI, RuPay, etc.) can play an important role in enhancing its “Cyber Diplomacy,” forging new alliances, and promoting India’s global stature. Further, with its ongoing G20 Presidency, India can play a significant role in creating a rules-based order in cyberspace.


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India emphasises for “African leadership & Africa-driven solutions to Africa’s problems”




🅾️ What is the ‘Silencing the Guns in Africa’ initiative?

🔵 Officially commenced in 2017, ‘Silencing the Guns in Africa’ is a flagship initiative of the African Union’s (AU) Agenda 2063.

🔵The initiative is playing a significant role in maintaining peace and stability on the continent.

👉 Aiming to end all wars, conflicts, gender-based violence, and to prevent genocide, it calls for addressing the structural root causes and drivers of conflict for sustainable development.


👉 However, the gains of the initiative faced a major setback because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The United Nations, through its United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), is involved at various levels with the AU to further strengthen the ‘Silencing the Guns’ agenda.

☕️🫖Tea-riffic Kangra leaves, grab European GI tag!


🌿The European Commission (EC) has granted geographical indication (GI) for India’s Kangra tea, which is grown in Himachal Pradesh’s Kangra district. The tag will help Kangra tea to get an opportunity to enter the European market.

🌿Known for its special flavour, the production of the famous Kangra Tea had once dwindled because of a lack of labour and the high cost of production. It then received the Indian Gl tag in 2005. Since then, the cultivation and development of tea have improved constantly in the Kangra region of Himachal Pradesh

🤝India-EU Relations

“Today we registered a new Geographical Indication from India! Kangra tea is grown 900-1,400 meters above sea level, on the slopes of the Dhauladhar mountain range in the Western Himalayas. It has a nutty, woody aroma and a sweet aftertaste,”
tweeted EU Agriculture.

🅾️India-EU relations date to the early 1960s, with India being amongst the first countries to establish diplomatic relations with the European Economic Community. They both lay strong emphasis on GI, attaching high importance to local food, maintaining local traditions and preserving and promoting rich cultural heritage

🌿Purity coming straight from the Himalayas!🌿

✅️ The Himalayas have been the origin of purity and also the farmer of one of the most scrumptious tea leaves. Kangra, in Dharamsala, remains underrated for its exquisite varieties of black and green teas. Only recently, the tea estates of Kangra have caught the global spotlight.

✅️Kangra tea’ is produced using high-efficiency whole leaf-orthodox manufacture which means that ‘Kangra tea’ is made up of whole leaf and flavour-enriched leaves with the highest content of polyphenols (catechins).

✅️ Kangra leaves are known to have Calcium, Zinc, Folic Acids, Vitamin B1, Vitamin B2 and Vitamin B6. Its antioxidants help prevent brain, heart and bone disorders along with nursing in lowering cholesterol & preventing several cancers. It nourishes the skin from within and wards off viral & bacterial infections helping build immunity.

Tea tourism☕️☕️☕️


🅾️ Tea tourism is gaining ground in Kangra. Several tea estates and factories in Palampur and Dharamsala offer factory tours as well as homestays for those inquisitive discovering about tea.

🅾️The history of Kangra tea dates back to 1849 when Dr Jameson, then superintendent of the Botanical Tea Gardens, pronounced the region ideal for tea cultivation. Being one of India’s smallest tea regions makes Kangra green and black tea all the more exclusive. While the black tea has a sweet lingering aftertaste, the green tea has a delicate woody aroma.

🔵The demand for Kangra tea has been increasing steadily and much of it is bought by natives and exported to Kabul and Central Asia via Peshawar

🅾️ Here's an interesting nugget about RBI

✅️Since it first started operations on 1 April 1935, many countries seceded from India including Burma in 1937.

✅️But #RBI continued to act as the country's Central Bank till its Japanese occupation & later up to April 1947

#DidYouKnow? the Skyview at #Patnitop in J&K is India’s first certified #SustainableTourism Destination!


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♥️Glimpse of next emerging cinema from the East #utkal #odhisha on Utkal Dibas🇮🇳

✅️ Vahana of lord Vishnu, his spiritual association becomes prominent in the devarāja cult, famously practiced in Thailand&Cambodia. He is the guardian of temples in both Hindu&Buddhist traditions of Southeast Asia.

🖼️ Garuda I pala I 11 century C.E

🅾️ Kutch Mud Work, popularly known as Lippan Kaam, refers to the unique geometric motifs depicting deities, symbols and nature-inspired figures on the walls of mud houses in #Gujarat.
Lippan means ‘clay’ or ‘dung’ and Kaam means ‘work’.

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